pseudopopulist

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English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ populist.

Adjective

pseudopopulist (comparative more pseudopopulist, superlative most pseudopopulist)

  1. Apparently but not actually populist.
    • 1988 June 10, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Sandburg and Steichen”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 7 March 2016:
      The Sewanee Review said of him, "He participated in all the claptrap of mid-century middlebrow liberalism, blending invocations to democracy, pseudopopulist jargon, and commercialized aesthetics in a souffle heavily flavored with cliche.